This study aimed to identify opportunistic infections among human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infected patients in Turkey. Therefore, we conducted a systematic literature review of the studies published up October 1, 2022, Pubmed, Web Science (WoS), and ULAKBİM TR Dizin databases. We searched for medical subject headings (MeSH) terms OR (AIDS) (human virus) AND (opportunistic infections) (Turk...

The relevance of zinc in resistance to infections by virus, fungi and bacteria is recognized because of its pivotal role in the efficiency of the entire immune system, in particular in conferring biological activity to a thymic hormone called thymulin, which has differentiation properties on T-cell lines. In infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the zinc-bound form of thymulin (act...

We review the changes in incidences of HIV-related opportunistic infections and the safety of discontinuation of primary and secondary prophylaxis for HIV-related opportunistic infections in patients achieving immune restoration after the introduction of highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). HIV-related opportunistic infections continue to occur in patients who are newly diagnosed with ...